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In some cases housing costs take up to 60% of per capita income while here
it is 12%

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/09/real...ymag/index.htm

McAllen, Texas $130,000 25 26.5 -12.3 88-'89 9.8%
Tulsa $135,000 14 17.6 -7.5 86-'87 4.3%
El Paso $130,000 19 48.2 -5.4 87-'88 4.2%
Scranton $118,000 13 41.2 -7.2 94-'95 3.9%
Rochester, N.Y. $122,000 11 22.3 -4.1 94-'95 3.7%
Buffalo/Niagra Falls $106,000 11 28.6 -5.2 81-'82 3.7%
Fort Worth/Arlington $150,000 14 18.4 -6.9 87-'88 3.6%
Baton Rouge $178,000 19 34.2 -8.3 87-'88 3.6%
Dallas $151,000 13 17.8 -7.7 86-'87 3.6%
Birmingham $165,000 17 31.7 -3.2 80-'81 3.6%
San Antonio $146,000 16 34.7 -15.8 81-'82 3.3%
Houston $153,000 15 25.2 -9.6 84-'85 3.2%
Syracuse $124,000 12 39.1 -7.5 94-'95 3.2%
Indianapolis $122,000 11 15.9 -6.6 81-'82 3.1%
Youngstown, Ohio $86,000 10 14 -1.0 98-'99 3.1%
Wichita $128,000 12 18 -4.9 86-'87 3.1%
Little Rock $129,000 15 28.1 -3.8 87-'88 3.1%
Oklahoma City $127,000 14 30.2 -15.7 87-'88 3.1%
Grand Rapids $137,000 13 17.3 -11.2 81-'82 2.9%
Hartford $256,000 19 48.2 -8.2 89-'90 2.8%
Cleveland $144,000 14 13.5 -1.3 81-'82 2.7%
Omaha $140,000 12 21.5 -7.6 80-'81 2.7%
Pittsburgh $139,000 14 21.9 -8.5 80-'81 2.7%
Memphis $133,000 14 14.3 -1.4 89-'90 2.7%
New Orleans $175,000 20 50.5 -7.1 87-'88 2.6%
Akron $137,000 13 13.1 -3.2 81-'82 2.6%
Columbia, S.C. $140,000 14 25.8 -7.9 80-'81 2.5%
Austin $176,000 15 20.3 -20.1 88-'89 2.5%
Toledo $124,000 12 12.9 -14.6 82-'83 2.4%
Cincinnati $168,000 15 18.4 -2.7 80-'81 2.4%
Chicago $281,000 23 46.7 -1.0 81-'82 2.2%
Albany, N.Y. $198,000 17 70.8 -7.1 94-'95 2.1%
Raleigh/Cary, N.C. $214,000 17 21.4 -8.7 81-'82 2.1%
Dayton $128,000 13 15.2 -8.8 81-'82 2.1%
Columbus $165,000 15 18.2 -3.2 81-'82 2%
Louisville $143,000 14 23 -3.4 80-'81 2%
Atlanta $195,000 17 22 -1.7 89-'90 2%
St. Louis $154,000 14 37.3 -8.1 80-'81 2%
Gary, Ind. $135,000 13 26 -6.3 81-'82 2%
Greensboro, N.C. $152,000 16 18.4 -0.5 81-'82 1.8%
Charlotte, N.C. $198,000 18 22.7 -2.9 82-'83 1.8%
Kansas City $158,000 14 25 -4.8 82-'83 1.8%
Knoxville $137,000 15 38.3 -0.1 84-'85 1.7%
Salt Lake City $216,000 21 45 -6.0 87-'88 1.7%
Nashville $159,000 15 34.8 -2.6 89-'90 1.7%
Cambridge, Mass. $431,000 28 27.1 -7.7 89-'90 1.3%
Farmington Hills, Mich. $177,000 13 9.5 -13.2 81-'82 1.2%
Lake County, Ill. $275,000 19 38 -8.4 81-'82 1.1%
Tacoma, Wash. $273,000 26 64.5 -3.6 81-'82 0.8%
Minneapolis/St. Paul $240,000 18 38.9 -1.6 82-'83 0.7%
San Francisco $837,000 54 56.8 -8.8 90-'91 0.7%
Seattle $399,000 31 62.8 -7.8 81-'82 0.6%
Honolulu $635,000 52 105.9 -51.9 80-'81 0.6%
Albuquerque $165,000 18 46.4% -1.2 1998-1999 0.6%
Wilmington, Del. $244,000 19 69.7 -8.3 90-'91 0.2%
Milwaukee $219,000 19 41.7 -8.2 81-'82 0.2%
Springfield, Mass. $205,000 19 55.5 -5.9 93-'94 0.1%
Richmond $231,000 20 64.8 -1.4 81-'82 0.1%
New Haven $264,000 21 60.2 -7.4 90-'91 -0.1%
Stamford, Conn. $545,000 33 53.1 -8.7 89-'90 -0.2%
Detroit $118,000 12 12.5 -17.8 81-'82 -0.2%
Camden, N.J. $239,000 18 81.9 -8.2 81-'82 -0.3%
Worcester, Mass. $268,000 22 38.2 -9.5 89-'90 -0.4%
Boston $379,000 28 41.2 -8.2 89-'90 -0.4%
Philadelphia $222,000 19 71.8 -3.8 94-'95 -0.6%
Allentown, Pa. $270,000 24 69.1 -12.2 81-'82 -0.7%
Sacramento $408,000 36 93.9 -6.4 92-'93 -0.9%
Portland, Ore. $293,000 26 67.4 -16.6 80-'81 -1.1%
Essex County, Mass. $372,000 28 33.8 -9.2 90-'91 -1.2%
San Jose $740,000 45 54.1 -11.6 00-'01 -1.2%
San Diego $574,000 52 93.7 -6.8 92-'93 -1.3%
Baltimore $275,000 22 95.3 -4.1 81-'82 -1.9%
Ventura County, Calif. $647,000 48 110.4 -10.7 90-'91 -2%
Denver $268,000 22 12.6 -2.3 87-'88 -2.2%
Newark $397,000 27 71.5 -7.4 89-'90 -2.4%
West Palm Beach, Fla. $340,000 31 118.7 -4.9 90-'91 -2.5%
Oakland $630,000 44 70.4 -5.7 90-'91 -2.5%
Providence $287,000 26 74.7 -7.7 80-'81 -2.6%
Sarasota $278,000 28 103.3 -2.6 81-'82 -3%
Edison, N.J. $362,000 24 76.3 -7.3 89-'90 -3.2%
Jacksonville $224,000 22 80.8 -0.8 83-'84 -3.3%
Virginia Beach $244,000 24 99.1 -0.6 94-'95 -3.4%
New York City $482,000 48 82.1 -6.4 89-'90 -3.9%
Washington, D.C. $421,000 28 96.2 -5.1 90-'91 -3.9%
Tampa $227,000 24 100.5 -1.7 90-'91 -4.2%
Fresno $311,000 39 149.7 -9.7 82-'83 -4.2%
Orlando $269,000 27 107.1 -1.4 91-'92 -4.4%
Riverside, Calif. $407,000 41 147.9 -9.2 93-'94 -4.4%
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. $288,000 23 82.9 -19.0 82-'83 -4.5%
Bethesda, Md. $465,000 28 99.5 -3.8 81-'82 -4.6%
Tucson $237,000 26 84.6 -1.7 81-'82 -4.6%
Santa Ana, Calif. $713,000 53 116.9 -8.8 92-'93 -4.9%
Los Angeles $547,000 57 138.5 -11.9 92-'93 -5%
Bakersfield, Calif. $287,000 35 168.1 -5.4 94-'95 -5.4%
Stockton, Calif. $450,000 46 99.1 -5.2 94-'95 -5.4%
Fort Lauderdale $325,000 31 128.4 -3.1 92-'93 -5.5%
Phoenix $271,000 26 103.8 -6.0 81-'82 -5.5%
Nassau/Suffolk, N.Y. $483,000 31 76.3 -6.6 89-'90 -6%
Miami $335,000 41 149.3 -4.3 81-'82 -8.8%
Las Vegas $325,000 33 110.8 -17.0 82-'83 -8.9%